AETO Additional Rules
-Night Bombing incapability:
Ju-87 and Hs-129 cannot make Night Strategic Bombing.
Night Strategic Bombing of Enemy Non-Home Targets (occupied territory)
and Night Strategic Bombing of the Soviet Union suffer -1 DRM.
-Heavy Bombers:
Lancaster, Stirling, Halifax, Whitley, B-17, B-24, Pe-8, He-177
Heavy Bombers used in a ground support have their strength halved, minus
one (1/2 -1). All Heavy Bombers (included damaged) that do not have
printed Bomber Return Fire rating are assumed to have that rating of 0.
-Ground Attack Aircraft:
Typhoon, Tempest, A-20, A-26, Il-2, Ju-87, Hs-129
If at least 50% of Ground Support Aircraft units (chits) used by one
side in a ground combat are Ground Attack Aircraft that side gains + - 1
DRM in its favor for that land combat. Exception: Soviet Union units in
combat need to have at least 75% Ground Attack Aircraft units (chits) of
all Ground Support air units involved to get + - 1 DRM.
-Night Fighters:
Me-110, Ju-88, He-219, Mosquito FB, Beaufighter; P-61
Anytime from 1942 German and/or UK player may proclaim usage of Night
Fighters. From then on, that nation may try to intercept enemy night
strategic bombers with its own night fighters, but all anti-aircraft
hits on the 2-5 column of the Bombing table are always normal, never
doubled, or tripled.
German Night Interception Operational Conditions: For each enemy night
air raid that German player wishes to intercept with Night Fighters,
German player DR (D6) to check for Night Interception Operational
Conditions; If DR is 1-5 then each night fighter (within 4 hexes of
raiders) may intercept if DR (D8) is 1-3 Interception successful –
commence attack. After the first round again DR 1-3 is needed to attack
second round. If DR for Night Interception Operational Conditions is 6
(perfect conditions), then each night fighter may successfully intercept
if DR (D8) is 1-5; and for the second round also DR 1-5 is needed. Only
German player may DR for night fighters’ operational conditions.
Allied Night Fighters always successfully intercept if DR (D8) is 1-3.
Escorting Allied Night Fighters also have to DR (D8) 1-3 to attack
German intercepting Night Fighters; Allied Escorting Night Fighters,
however do not receive air combat +1 strength Escorting Modifier.
Heavy bombers, if hit, may return fire but hit the night fighter only if
DR (D6) is 6.
-Window ECM:
At the start of the game UK player receives one “Window ECM” chit, which
he may use once, anytime during the game.
In monthly turn when Window is used, all German Night Fighters
Interceptions are automatically fail/unsuccessful.
In the first following (monthly) turn German player may not check for
Night Intercepting Operational Conditions and each Night Fighter
interception attempt is successful only if (D8) DR=1.
In the second following turn German player may not check for Night
Intercepting Operational Conditions and each Night Fighter interception
attempt is successful only if (D8) DR=1-2.
In the third following turn German player may not check for Night
Intercepting Operational Conditions and each Night Fighter interception
attempt is successful if (D8) DR=1-3.
From the fourth turn from usage of “Window ECM” all its effects are
cancelled.
-Additional Aircraft units:
He-177 8-22[1] (4-22 back) x2; when first unit 5-9 is in play, German
player may try to improve it; Each season if spend 1 EP in improvement
may DR; First need to DR 5-6 (improvement going half way); Then DR 6
(improvement complete); Replace both 5-9 with 8-22[1]. It is the only
Heavy Bomber that has not underscored strength.
Do-217 7-15 B (3-15 back) x2; to be exchanged with D-17 one in 1941,
other in 1942.
Ar-234 3-9/6 B (2-9/6 back) x1; Arrives Autumn 1944.
He-162 2-2/5 F (one step unit) x2; Two arrive Winter 1945.
Me-163 2-x/5 F (one step unit); During Winter 1945 German player DR,
half it round up and that number of Me-163 Arrive. Me-163 has range of 0
hexes and may intercept in its airbase hex only.
Hs-129 5-6/1 B (2-6/1 back) x2; One arrives Winter 1943, other arrives
Autumn 1943.
He-219 3-10/2 F (one step unit only) x1; Arrives Winter 1944.
Sunderland 2-25 B (1-25 back) x1; Arrives Summer 1941. Must be based in
a port or an airbase on small island. Cannot be used for Strategically
Bombing or Ground Support.
PBY (Catalina) 3-25 B (1-25 back) x2; One unit UK, Arrives Winter 1941,
other unit US, Arrives Spring 1942. Must be based in a port or an
airbase on small island. Cannot be used for Strategically Bombing or
Ground Support.
A-26 5-12/1 B (3-12/1 back) x1; One arrives Autumn 1943.
Mig-3 4-4/1 F (2-4/1 back) x2; One arrives Winter 1941; One arrives
Summer 1941.
-Lesser Quality Fighters Cost:
If there are more than one fighter type units in a Force Pool, all 2
step lesser quality type fighter units cost (one less) 9 EPs. This has
effect only for constructing full 2 step units, not for replenishment of
depleted units. Minor Nations’ Fighters are not eligible for this.
-German Force Pool change:
Me-109 Five at Start; One in Force Pool 1939; Three in Force Pool 1940;
One Arrives Spring 1940, Two Arrive Summer 1940; Three in Force Pool
1941; Two in Force Pool 1942; Three in Force Pool 1943; Two in Force
Pool 1944; Three Arrive Winter 1944; Two Arrive Summer 1944.
He-111 Two at Start; One in Force Pool 1939; One Arrives Spring 1940,
Two Arrive Summer 1940; Two in Force Pool 1941; Two in Force Pool 1942;
Two in Force Pool 1943; One Arrives Spring 1943; One Arrives Autumn
1943; Two in Force Pool 1944; One Arrives Spring 1944; One Arrives
Autumn 1944;
Ju-88 One at Start; One in Force Pool 1939; One arrives Spring 1940, Two
arrive Summer 1940; One in Force Pool 1941; Two in Force Pool 1942;
Three in Force Pool 1943; Three in Force Pool 1944.
Ju-86 Two at Start (plus 1).
Two He-111 = Ju-188.
Remove two Do-17 1942.
-UK Force Pool change:
3-4 Inf One Arrives Winter 1941 in UK (plus 1).
Mosquito 2-18/2 FB One Arrives Winter 1942 (plus1).
Mosquito 4-18/2 B One Arrives Winter 1943 (plus 1).
Halifax 9-18[1] B none 1945 (minus 1).
Swordfish 3-5/0 N Two 1942 (plus 1).
Seafire 2-6/3 N x9 1944 (minus 2).
DE X-4-29 One Arrives Winter 1940 (plus 1).
DE X-4-38 One Arrives Winter 1942; One Arrives Winter 1943 (plus 2).
-USA Force Pool change:
P-40 4-8/2 F x2 1942 (plus 1).
P-47 4-8/4 FB x1 Summer 1944, x1 Autumn 1944 (plus 2).
-Soviet Force Pool change:
4-3 Inf x10 1943 (minus 3 1943).
-Italian Force Pool change:
One Sm-79 B = B Z-1007 B.
-Rumanian Force Pool change:
2-3 Mtn x1 Start; 3-3 Inf x5 Start (plus 1x 2-3 Mtn, minus 1x 3-3).
-Bulgarian Force Pool change:
3-3 Inf x2 Start (plus 1).
-Spanish start with 7x 4-3 Inf (plus 1) and 2x 4-4/2 F Me-109 (plus 1).
-Finnish start with all 2-3 x3 and 3-3 x5 Inf units.
-Rumanian units may not enter Yugoslavia and Greece.
-Bulgarian units may not enter Poland, Rumania, Soviet Union; may enter
Turkey (European part).
-Strategic Bombing of Soviet Union is always at half strength of Axis
bombers. Night Strategic Bombing of the Soviet Union suffers -1 DRM.
-German CV = BB price.
-V Rocket Sites: production delay Two Seasons, V-1 cost 4 EPs, V-2 cost
5 EPs.
V-1: One V-1 Arrives Summer 1944, One V-1 Arrives Autumn, Three V-1 in
Force Pool 1944.
V-2: Two V-2 Arrive Winter 1945, Two Force Pool 1945.
-Free Unit Entitlements: Currently most expensive unit(s) in the Force
Pool cannot be chosen/taken for free.
-Danzig: After the German conquest of Poland, Danzig and its hex becomes
German city for all purposes.
-Waffen SS: Any German ground attack with at least one participating SS
unit may Round-Off combat odds to the nearest whole-number. (36 to 10 is
4:1). Whenever any SS unit is attacking or defending DR (D8) for SS
commitment for each participated SS unit in combat. If DR 1-3 apply + -
1 DR in favor of stack with SS unit.
If stack of two SS units with a SS general participate in a combat there
is automatic + -1.
-Interdiction of German Iron Ore Route: Condition 1 change – Germany
suffer a loss of EPs equal to 4 (D6) dice as long as Sweden is
unconquered Axis-enemy, no matter of the control of Galivare resource
hexes.
-Axis Air Interdiction of Convoy Routes: Ignore the * result; Bomber is
hit only if a result of attack (with 2 dice) is 2. Each Convoy Escort
Duty value of 10 increase the possibility of hitting the Axis bomber by
1.
-Royal Navy Advantage: Whenever UK surface warships successfully
intercept Italian warships, UK player DR (D8); If DR 1-3 UK surprise
attack occurs. DR (D6) and that number of UK warship chits (UK player
choice) may fire first during the Naval Combat Gunnery sub-round, as if
they have the (temporally) highest gunnery rating.
-Activation of Greece: From Summer 1941 UK player may spend 1 EP each
Season and try to activate Greece.
DR (D6) 1 activates Greece.
-Eliminated units return to Force Pool:
Eliminated units during each monthly turn are to be placed at “Current
Season Eliminated Units Pool”. At the end of the Season, DR for all
eliminated units to check for Force Pool Delay.
For each eliminated unit DR (1-6):
1 return for next Season,
2-3 return in 2 Seasons,
4-5 return in 3 Seasons,
6 return in 4 Seasons.
DRMs: Soviet Inf/Cav/Mnt/Sib units -2; SS units -1; Eliminated while OoS
+1; Air units -1, Commando units -1; Minor Nations’ units -1
Replenishment: Each nation capable of Replenishment may Automatically
Replenish units taking them from the Current Season Eliminated Units
Pool.
(HQs, ATPs, STPs, Rocket Sites are always available for next Season’s Rebuilding)
-Generals: they may be brought to map from reserve (GHQ) one for every 3
maximum stacked land hexes. This will prevent there to be a lot of
Generals without an Army, especially with the British who can collect
5-7 ground units in Africa and the same number of Generals.
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